Overshoe-fastener.



o. 889,874 PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908. ,I

- J. HOPSON.

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WITNESSES INVENTOH ATTORNEYS THE NORRIS Prrnrs 070., IlAsHmamm-n. it.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH HOPSON, OF OGDEN, UTAH.

OVERSHOE-FASTENER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnPH HOPSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ogden, in the county of Weber and State of Utah, have invented a new and Improved O'vershoe-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to overshoe fasteners.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is simple, inexpensive and compact, and which will securely hold an overshoe in place upon a shoe against accidental removal of the overshoe.

A further object of the invention is to provide an overshoe fastener which is secured to the rear portion of the overshoe in combination with a part attached to the rear portion of the shoe, which may beeasily and expeditiously fastened in place and removed.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of an overshoe upon a shoe, showing the device in use; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section showing the device about to be placed in position for use as a fastener Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the device in position for service as a securing means for the overshoe; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of that part of the device which is secured to the shoe and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of that part of the device which is mounted upon the overshoe.

My invention may be used with various forms of overshoes, and is especially useful in connection with the ordinary low overshoe as shown in Fig. 1. A portion of the device is mounted upon the back of the overshoe at the edge of the same, while another portion is mounted upon the back of the shoe at a point which is near to that part of the overshoe upon which the other part of the device is mounted when the overshoe is placed upon the shoe.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I provide a bracket 1 which is secured to the overshoe 2 at the edge and near the back of the same. The bracket 1 is formed of a strip of metal or other suitable material Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 31, 1907.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Serial No. 376,691.

doubled upon itself to form a clip 3 which is slipped upon the rubber and fastened in place by means of a rivet 4, or by other suitable means. The metal of the clip 3 is cut away to form a recess 5, near the doubled edge as shown most clearly in Fig. 5. The upper portion of the clip extends slightly beyond the edge of the rubber and presents at its bent part sleeves 6, in which is pivotally mounted an eye7 formed of wire or similar material.

I provide a lever 8 formed of plate metal or the like, which is folded back upon itself with a portion offset to form a slideway 9, in which is mounted the eye 7. The eye 7 can slide up and down within the slideway 9 and may rest at the extremity of the lever in the slideway, or at the extremity of the slideway remote from the extremity of the lever. Rigidly secured to the back of the shoe 10, by means of arivet 12 or in any other suitable manner, is the hook 11, preferably of plate rlpetal and of the form shown most clearly in In order to fasten the overshoe to the shoe, the eye of the device is slipped over the point of the hook 11 and rests within the hook. The lever 8 is provided to facilitate this engagement of the eye with the hook, and the mode of engagement is shown most clearly in Fig. 2. The overshoe is placed upon the shoe, and the heel of the latter stamped down firmly in the former. The end 13 of the lever 8 is grasped in the fingers and the opposite end 14 is placed upon the point of the hook, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2, the eye resting at the end of the slideway 9 remote from the end 14 of the lever. By pulling upward on the end 13, the eye, which in that case provides a fulcrum for the lever, is drawn upward and as the lever assumes amore erect position the end 14 will slip over the point of the hook andinto the bight of the hook, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. When the slideway assumes a substantially perpendicular position, the eye consequently slides toward the end 14 of the slideway which in turn slips into engagement with the hook, and therefore the eye itself which rests at the end 14 of the slideway, which in turn rests within the hook, will be in engagement with the hook and the device will firmly i ttach' the overshoe to the shoe as shown in ig. 3. l

To disengage the device, it is merely necessary to grasp the end 13 of the lever and pull it upward and outward, reversing the operations described above for the engagement of the device. It will be understood that it would be extremely difficult to slip the eye onto the hook without the assistance of the lever 8.

This device will be found of great use in walking upon muddy roads and the like, where the suction of sticky plastic mud is liable to drag the rear part of the overshoe loose from the heel of the shoe, to the great inconvenience of the wearer.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent:

1, In a device of the class described, the combination of an eye adapted to be pivotally mounted upon an overshoe, a lever permanently secured to said eye and having a slidable engagement therewith, and a hook adapted to be secured to a shoe, said lever serving to force said eye over the end of said hook and resting in said hook when said eye is mounted in position thereupon.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of an eye pivotally mounted upon an overshoe an adjustable lever having a slideway, and a hook secured to a shoe, said lever being movably secured to said eye by means of said slideway and being adapted to rest in said hook.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a hook secured to a shoe, a lever having a slideway and adapted to be held by said hook, an eye pivotally mounted in said slideway, and means for securing said lever to an overshoe.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a bracket constituting a clip secured to an overshoe and presenting a sleeve, an eye pivotally mounted in said sleeve, a lever having a slideway, said eye being movably mounted in said slideway, and a hook secured to a shoe, said lever being adapted to rest in said hook whereby said eye mounted in said slideway of said lever rests in said hook.

5. A device of the class described, comprising a member having a clip secured to an over-shoe and presenting a sleeve, an eye pivotally mounted in said sleeve, a lever comprising a late bent upon itself and offset to form a s 1de-way, said eye being movably mounted in said slide-way, and a hook secured to a shoe, said lever serving to force said eye over the end of said hook and resting in said hook when said eye is mounted in position thereupon.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH HOPSON.

WVitnesses LAURENCE E. HorsoN, CHAS. R001. 

